1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
index a57db805136a..d7f2e68bc5b9 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ void trace_seq_init(struct trace_seq *s)
 }
 
 /**
+ * trace_seq_reset - re-initialize the trace_seq structure
+ * @s: a pointer to the trace_seq structure to reset
+ */
+void trace_seq_reset(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+        if (!s)
+                return;
+        TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+        s->len = 0;
+        s->readpos = 0;
+}
+
+/**
  * trace_seq_destroy - free up memory of a trace_seq
  * @s: a pointer to the trace_seq to free the buffer
  *